John of Damascus, or John Damascene (+749), is considered by many to be the last of the Church Fathers (if some give that honour to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, +1153), the golden age of theological riches, our primary witness to the great Tradition handed on from Christ, by way of the Apostles – all that Church lives and believes, including the Liturgy, the sacraments, prayer, moral teaching, all the intricacies and consistencies of our great Faith,
